Physics 1

Kinematics

100

Kinematics is the study of what?

Motion

200

Velocity is speed and what?

Direction

300

What is displacement

The distance, in a straight line, between where you started and where you ended.

400

What is the total distance of a trip divided by the total time the trip took?

Average Speed

500

What is acceleration?

Rate of change in VELOCITY

Unit conversion/Definition

100

Convert 1 inch to cm

2.54 cm

200

Milli is equal to 

10^-3

300

1 gal is equal to ___ Liters

3.785 Liters

400

micro micro is equal to ________

10^-12

500

It is the process and skill of finding the dimension of physical quantity

Measurement

Units/Prefixes

100

What is the prefix centi represent?

10^-2

200

What is the metric base unit for time?

Seconds

300

How many meters are in one mile?

1,609 meters

400

What does every conversion factor always equal?

One

500

What is the metric base unit for mass?

Kilograms

Scientific Notation

100

501

5.01 x 10²

200

0.0037

3.7 x 10^-3

300

324 x 10³

3.24 x 10⁵

400

0.0078 x 10^-2

7.8 x 10^-5

500

125000 x 10^-7

1.25 x 10^-2

Scalars and Vectors

100

What type of quantity has only magnitude and no direction?

Scalar

200

Is speed a scalar or vector quantity?

Scalar

300

 What is the scalar quantity that represents the amount of matter in an object?

Mass

400

Name a scalar quantity that is commonly used to represent the amount of space an object occupies.  

Volume

500

Metric system is adopted by?

Système International d'Unités